Grateful Dead: Group of live cassettes from collection of Vince Welnick

Approximately 440 cassette tapes containing recordings of Grateful Dead concerts made by Dan Healy, the band's sound engineer, dating from 1990 to 1994. Each cassette is labeled with the date and place of the concert and most are labeled "VW," and some are inscribed with song names or notes.
Cassettes: 4.25 x 2.75 in.

The members of the Grateful Dead would each receive a cassette recording after every show they played, and these were the cassettes made especially for keyboardist Vince Welnick (1951-2006). Also included are a few of his satin backstage passes, which were tucked into the cassette cases. Welnick replaced Brett Mydland as the Grateful Dead's keyboardist after Mydland's death in 1990 and stayed with the band until Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. Prior to joining the Grateful Dead, he was the keyboardist for the Tubes.